Patents Issued in July 20, 2004
  • Patent number: 6764315
    Abstract: A connector to provide interconnection between two devices which each present electrical connection points for a signal and ground circuit and between which the connector is to provide electrical connection. A housing is provided having a first region retaining a conductive element and a second region retaining a further conductive element. Each conductive element has a first and a second contact point for engagement to electrical connection points for a signal circuit between the two devices. The conductive elements are resiliently deflectable for compression engaged by and between the two devices. A plate is positioned between the first region and the second region and includes a contact region to engage with an electrical connection point for a ground circuit of the first device and a contact region to engage with an electrical connection point of a ground circuit of the second device to also be contacted in a resiliently deflectable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Kiat-Hup Joey Ng, Lip Teck Soh
  • Patent number: 6764316
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for being mounted to a printed circuit board having two rows of contacting pads on opposite faces thereof includes a housing (2) having a mounting face (23), a number of terminals (4) retained to the housing with two rows of tail portion (40) extending beyond the mounting face and two rows of mounting portions (400) extending from the tail portions, and a guide block (3) including a base (300) clamped between the two rows of the mounting portions of the terminals and having two opposite faces (30, 31), and a number of grooves (32) defined in the two opposite faces. A distance between the two rows of the contacting pads of the printed circuit board is larger than an original distance between the two rows of the mounting portions but smaller than a distance between the grooves in the two opposite faces of the guide block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Chi Yu
  • Patent number: 6764317
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a base formed with a plurality of slots; and a plurality of terminals inserted into the plurality of slots of the base respectively. Each of the terminals is formed with an elastic pin protruding out of the slot. When the base is forced to contact the circuit board, the pins of the terminals retract and evenly contact the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Chou Hsuan Tsai
  • Patent number: 6764318
    Abstract: A self-centering press-fit pin that is typically used to secure components to a printed circuit board (PCB). The device includes more than one leg, the legs providing connection points for the component on which the pins are installed. The pin is formed so that the legs act as leaf springs to securely hold the connector in place in the proper installation hole in the board on which the component is installed. The pins are stamped from sheet metal with a progressive die process. By changing the amount of flexion in the legs of the pin, the pressure required to insert the pin into, and remove the pin from, a connection hole can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Fourte Design & Development, LLC
    Inventor: Iggoni Fajardo
  • Patent number: 6764319
    Abstract: An electrical connector (1) for soldering to a printed circuit board includes a housing (10) defining a number of channels (22) therethrough, a number of contacts (12) received in corresponding channels. At least two contacts share a same channel. Each contact includes an intermediate portion (124) pre-coated with a Sn—Pb plating which has a higher melting point than that of the soldering paste. The intermediate portions of corresponding contacts in the same channel are soldered with each other by heating the Sn—Pb plating and a wicking barrier (28) is formed on soldering area. The wicking barriers block the melted soldering paste from passing therethrough to thereby protect contact portions when soldering the contacts with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Iosif R. Korsunsky
  • Patent number: 6764320
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing of insulating material and a plurality of signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns within the housing. All contacts have first and second ends and an intermediate section. The first ends each include a connection section. The housing is provided with a front will having a grid of entrance openings leading to the connection sections. The housing is provided with an air chamber and all contacts extend along a part of their length through this air chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International
    Inventors: Michel Lenoir, Jacky Thenaisie, Michel Fonteneau
  • Patent number: 6764321
    Abstract: There is described a servicing connection for connecting an electrical device to a supply outlet, wherein live and neutral contacts of the supply outlet are isolated from live and neutral contacts of the device, but a connection is maintained between earth contacts of the supply and the device. The connection may be embodied as an adaptor for interposition between a conventional supply outlet and a conventional power inlet of the device, or may be in the form of a power inlet capable of receiving a supply cord in alternative “servicing” and “operation” positions. There is also described a connection in the form of a power cord for use with a conventional power inlet, and having an additional connector engageable with the power inlet to make an earth connection only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Machado
  • Patent number: 6764322
    Abstract: A power plug receptacle having a safety cover comprises a plurality of sockets each provided with a rotary safety cover. A socket and a safety cover are coupled through inserting a pivot post into a pivot hole and engaging a guiding pin into a guiding slot. A torsional spring provided within the socket resiliently ejects the safety cover into a position where the socket holes and the safety cover holes are misaligned. Therefore, the socket is automatically sealed, achieving the protective functions against foreign intrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Tsung-I Yu
  • Patent number: 6764323
    Abstract: If a PC card is inserted into a card slot for the PC card, both of button portions are pressed by the PC card. When the both of the button portions are pressed outwardly in the Z-direction, both of engagement portions are released from engagement recesses, respectively, so that a stopper is allowed to move in a space to permit the PC card to be inserted into the card slot. Otherwise, the stopper is still locked at a position shown in the drawing, by at least one of the engagement portions to prevent an erroneous card having a thickness smaller than the PC card from being inserted into the card slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Eletronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Shimada, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6764324
    Abstract: A lever-type connector assembly has mating female and male connectors (10, 50). The female connector (10) has a lever (40) with a cam plate (41) and a resilient lock (46) that is deformable within the plane of the cam plate (41). The resilient lock (46) engages a receiving portion (33A) on the female connector (10) for holding the lever (40) at an initial position. The connector (50) has an unlocking rib (55) that deforms the resilient lock (46) out of engagement with the receiving portion (33A). As a result, the lever (40) can rotate for connecting the connectors (10, 50). Since the resilient lock (46) deforms in the plane of the cam plate (41), there is no need to provide space for deformation of the resilient lock (46) along a thickness direction of the cam plate (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinozaki, Masashi Saito, Keigo Atsumi, Masanori Wakui
  • Patent number: 6764325
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for minimizing open electrical connections between carrier substrates and components connected thereto that occur due to sag in the substrate incurred due to exposure to an increasing heat profile encountered to secure the component to the substrate. A zero insertion force heat activated retention pin expands or bends during the temperature increase, creating an upward force on the printed circuit board. This upward force counters the downward sag forces and enables the carrier substrate to maintain a coplanar relationship with the component being connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: George Arrigotti, Raiyomand Aspandiar, Christopher D. Combs, Tom E. Pearson
  • Patent number: 6764326
    Abstract: A rotary connector includes a stationary housing, a rotative housing, a rotative holder, floating spacers, and flat cables. The flat cables provide a low-current path to a steering wheel of a vehicle. The rotary connector also includes a slip ring mechanism to provide a large-current path to electrical apparatuses on the steering wheel. The slip ring mechanism includes annular stationary contacts, annular movable contacts, and floating contacts. The annular stationary contacts are provided on the stationary housing and oppose the floating spacers to extend along a path of pivotal movement thereof. The annular movable contacts are provided on the rotative housing and oppose the floating spacers to extend along the path of pivotal movement thereof. The movable contacts are connected to electrical apparatuses on the steering wheel side. The floating contacts are provided on the floating spacers and are in resilient contact with the stationary contacts and the movable contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 6764327
    Abstract: An electrical card connector (700) has a housing (2) and an end position switch (3). The end position switch includes a first spring contact (31) and a second spring contact (32). The first and second spring contacts respectively have body portions (313, 323), and contact arms (314, 324) extending from the body portions. The first spring contact has a resilient contact portion (312) slantways extending from the body portion. The second spring contact has a guide portion (318) extending downwardly from the contact arm. When an electrical card is inserted into the connector, the contact arm of the first spring contact moves onto and contacts with the contact arm of the second spring contact along the guide portion of the second spring contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhi Nong Yu
  • Patent number: 6764328
    Abstract: The electric lamp has a lamp vessel (1) composed of a glass bulb (2) and a glass plate (3) sealing the bulb (2). A shaped metal body (20) is embedded in the glass plate (3). The shaped metal body (20) has a plate-shaped metal member (10) with which a tube (11) is integral and with which current conductors (12) are integral via bridges (15). The glass plate (3) has at least one recess (4) in which a bridge (15) to a current conductor (12) is located, which bridge (15) has a disconnection (16) in the recess (4), thus insulating the relevant current conductor (12) from the metal member (10). The lamp is of a simple construction that can be easily realized. The current conductors (12) occupy a predetermined position with respect to one another in the lamp owing to the use of the shaped metal body (20), and fewer components have to be combined in the manufacture of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Albertus Maria Van Dulmen, Jacques Maria Jozef Geboers
  • Patent number: 6764329
    Abstract: A waterproof resilient plug (20) has a trunk portion (11) to be brought into close contact with the inner circumferential surface of a terminal insertion hole (C) and a fixing portion (12) extending from the leading end of the trunk (11) and to be pressed against the outer circumferential surface of a wire (W) by insulation barrels (20a). The plug (20) is formed along its longitudinal axis with a wire insertion hole (13) that can be brought into close resilient contact with the outer surface of the (W). An inner diameter of the wire insertion hole (13) aligned with the fixing portion (12) is smaller than the one at the side of trunk (11), whereby the fixing portion (12) can be held strongly in close contact with the outer surface of the wire (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Noguchi, Masaaki Tabata, Masanori Wakui, Keiichi Itou
  • Patent number: 6764330
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a parallel arrangement of adapter cards with respect to a motherboard in installing the adapter cards in a computer case and to configure the adapter cards exposed on the computer case to be flat with an expansion plate provided on one side of the computer case by eliminating any recess on the computer case. As such, a user can easily, quickly plug a cable in a connector of the adapter card or unplug the same because sufficient space is provided. As a result, other cables coupled to adjacent connectors will always maintain good connection during the plugging or unplugging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Kuei-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 6764331
    Abstract: A small sized connector for connecting wires to an electrical component, such as a printed circuit board. The connector includes a connector frame, and a latch that is hingedly connected to the connector frame. The latch has a raised portion at one end thereof, whereby, when the connector frame is fitted within an opening of a housing that holds the printed circuit board, the latch is pressed downwards to be fitted within the opening, and then the raised portion of the latch pops into a slot of the housing to thereby lock the connector in place within the housing. The connector can be easily de-coupled from the housing by a user pressing his or her fingertip against the raised portion of the latch, while pulling the connector out of the opening at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Textron Micro Electronics Incorporated
    Inventor: Davin Sloan
  • Patent number: 6764332
    Abstract: To provide battery-driven equipment whereby when a vibrator is installed into a housing of the battery-driven equipment, a body of the battery-driven equipment is reduced in thickness while improving workability of installation and positively holding a vibrator to increase reliability and positively holding the vibrator to increase electrical and mechanical reliability. In the present invention, feeding terminals are caused to protrude to a rear of the vibrator from a bottom of a case of the motor in such a way that the feeding terminals of the vibrator and feeding lands of the battery-driven equipment are electrically connected within a height range in the diameter direction of the vibrator, and the feeding terminals protrude within the height range in the diameter direction of the vibrator while tilting with respect to an extending line of a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Sato
  • Patent number: 6764333
    Abstract: An RJ-type plug for insertion into an RJ-type housing used in data communication or telecommunication applications includes a plug body, an electrically insulating sleeve, wire shields and a plurality of terminal blades. The electrically insulating sleeve houses the electrically conductive wire shields which, when in contact with each other, form a faraday cage or shield around each wire installed therein. The plug body includes a cavity for receiving the electrically insulating sleeve and a plurality of blade receiving slots in the top and bottom surfaces therein. The terminal blades are inserted into the blade receiving slots of the plug body into contact with the stripped end of the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Alan L. Pocrass
  • Patent number: 6764334
    Abstract: A connector has a housing (10) with cavities (11) for receiving terminal fittings (40). Locks (17) lock the terminal fittings (40) in the cavities (11) and serve also as partition walls (20) between cavities (11) for the miniaturization of the connector. Upside-down insertion preventing portions (46) are provided on the terminal fittings (40), but are disposed so as not to interfere with the corresponding lock (17). The upside-down insertion preventing portions (46) also do not interfere with the lock (17) of the adjacent cavity (11) even if both the upside-down insertion preventing portion (46) and the lock (17) are near the front end and are on opposite sides. Since the upside-down insertion preventing portions (46) and the locks (17) are near the front end, inserting resistance is low and an earlier detection of upside-down insertion is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsuji, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 6764335
    Abstract: A connector has a housing (10) with cavities (11) for receiving terminal fittings (21). Each cavity (11) has a lock (12) with a fastening portion (13) for locking the terminal fitting (21). A jig contact portion (14) is formed at the side of the fastening portion (13). A withdrawing jig (J) comes into sliding contact with the jig contact portion (14) to deform the lock (12) away from the terminal fitting (21) to cancel the locked state. The front end (14F) of the jig contact portion (14) is more backward than the front end (13F) of the fastening portion (13). Thus, a stroke of the sliding-contact accompanied by frictional resistance between the withdrawing jig (J) and the jig contact portion (14) is shortened, and frictional resistance is reduced during the insertion of the withdrawing jig (J).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 6764336
    Abstract: A contact insert subassembly (34) for a modular jack connector (200) is obtained by the following steps: stamping a contact strip (10) to form a group of contacts (20) which are interconnected by an end carrier (11) and a middle carrier (13), the middle carrier dividing the contacts into first and second portions (21, 22); bending the first portion into a soldering tail portion for the contacts; subjecting the contact strip to an insert molding to form an insulative block (30) around the middle carrier (13); cutting the end carrier and the middle carrier from the contacts; and bending the second portion to form a contacting portion for the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuedong Ma, GuangXing Shi
  • Patent number: 6764337
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing formed of resin and having contacts provided therein, a shield case formed of metal, engaging grooves formed in the housing, and engaging convex parts formed on the shield case. The housing is inserted into the shield case so as to be attached thereto. The engaging convex parts engage the engaging grooves when the housing is inserted into the shield case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishio, Katsuhiro Hori, Fumihiro Hosoya
  • Patent number: 6764338
    Abstract: A mini DIN connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (10) defining a plurality of terminal passageways (112), a plurality of terminals (20), an inner shell (40), an outer shell (50) and a spacer (30). Each terminal has a mating portion (21) received in the terminal passageway, a transitional portion (22) extending upwardly from the rear end of the mating portion, a connect portion (23) extending rear rearwardly from the top end of transitional portion and a tail portion (24) bent from the end of the connected portion and extending downwardly. The inner and the outer shells are assembled to the insulative housing. The spacer defines a number of first grooves (310) and second grooves (320). Each second groove is communicated with a corresponding first groove. When the spacer is assembled to the housing, the connect portions and the vertical portions of the terminals are received in the first grooves and the second grooves of the spacer respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., LTD
    Inventor: HeSheng Fang
  • Patent number: 6764339
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a shielding shell. The shielding shell disposed about an insulating housing mounted on a circuit board. The shielding shell including a first shell and a second shell. The first shell having a first side wall. The first side wall having a first locking member. The second shell having a second side wall. The second side wall having a second locking member corresponding to the first locking member. When the second locking member engages the first locking member the first side wall overlaps with the second side wall to prevent movement of the second shell in a vertical and horizontal direction in relation to the first shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kubo
  • Patent number: 6764340
    Abstract: A shielded connector assembly having a small number of parts and high resistance against prying forces exerted by another connector. When shield shells are mounted to shielded connector portions of an integrally formed insulative housing, side walls of the shield shells are positioned within paths of the housing. Latch tongue pieces of the side walls engage shoulders of engagement recesses of the housing, and latch tongue pieces of upper walls engage stopper portions. The shield shells are prevented from being pulled out from the housing. The side walls are supported so that movement in the direction perpendicular to partition walls is prevented due to its position between support surfaces of the partition walls and a base portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Shinsaku Toda
  • Patent number: 6764341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connection with shielding, preferably comprising a male multipoint connector and female multipoint connector, with a plurality of contact elements (4; 41), which are provided at least in pairs with shieldings in the form of shield plates (3; 31). The contact elements (4; 41) are disposed in a plurality of parallel rows. The shield plates (3; 31) embrace two or more contact elements (4; 41) of at least two rows (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d). Thus two plug connectors can be connected to one another at an angle of 90° relative to one another, or can be pushed from two sides onto a printed-circuit board (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Erni Elektroapparate GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Lappoehn
  • Patent number: 6764342
    Abstract: A first insulator (20) is combined with a connector body 50 comprising a second insulator (60), signal contacts (80) and ground contacts (70). The first insulator (20) is provided with separator accommodation slits (22); and cable receiving portions (24). Each cable receiving portion (24) is arranged between the respective neighboring separator accommodation slits (22) and is able to hold one of the balanced transmission cables (200). Separators (90) connected to ground contacts (70) are fitted within the separator accommodation slits (22) so that end portions of balanced transmission cables (200) are positioned between the respective neighboring separators (90) and are electrically shielded by them. The first insulator (20) holds ground plates (30) so that each of the cable receiving portions (24) is also arranged between the ground plates (30). The separators (90) and the ground plates (30) define tubular enclosures for surrounding end portions of the respective balanced transmission cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Ryusuke Murayama, Shigeyuki Maruhashi
  • Patent number: 6764343
    Abstract: An active connector for use in a local area network (LAN) including at least one LAN node. The active connector includes an active connector housing, at least one first plurality of first electrical contacts mounted in the housing and arranged for detachable connection with corresponding electrical contacts of at least one plugs, at least one second plurality of second electrical contacts mounted in the housing and arranged for connection with corresponding electrical contacts of local area network equipment and active power control circuitry located within the housing and coupled to at least some of the first and second electrical contacts, the active power control circuitry being operative for controlling the supply of electrical power over the local area network cabling to at least one node of the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Power Dsine, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alon Zeev Ferentz
  • Patent number: 6764344
    Abstract: A circuit board connector for connecting a disc drive circuit board to a device outside the disc drive includes a circuit board tab forming part of the circuit board and extending from the circuit board tab. Contact pads are formed on the circuit board tab. A housing attached to the circuit board includes a housing tab extending from the housing, the housing tab being substantially parallel and adjacent to the circuit board tab, such that the circuit board tab and the housing tab together form a connecting tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Michael Alan Maiers
  • Patent number: 6764345
    Abstract: A contact system includes at least one opposed pair of contacts. Each of the contacts has a resilient rear leg, a guide section extending from the rear leg, and a contact interface extending from the guide section. The contact interface includes a furcated surface adapted to establish multiple points of contact with a mating contact interface. The furcated surface includes a first contact beam and a second contact beam separated by a slot. At least one contoured footing extends from one of the first and second contact beams to establish multiple contact points with a mating interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Charles Dudley Copper, John Michael Landis
  • Patent number: 6764346
    Abstract: A feature expansion module is provided which includes a generally rectangular body (11) installable in a host device (1), a first connection terminal (13) provided at one side of the body (11) for electrical connection with the host device (1), a feature expansion unit (44) provided inside the body (11) and having one or more functions, one or more recesses (22) formed contiguously to an insertion slot (23) formed at the other side of the body (11) and through which an integrated circuit chip (27) incorporating integrated circuit elements is inserted, to receive the integrated circuit chip (27), a second connection terminal (25) provided in the recess (22) for electrical connection with a group of terminals provided at the integrated circuit chip (27), and a controller (9) built in the body (11) to control the integrated circuit chip (27) set in the recess (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Fujita, Ryoji Sato, Fujio Noguchi, Katsumi Endo
  • Patent number: 6764347
    Abstract: A holder (100) for holding typically a plurality of diodes (301 301′ 301″ 301′″) each able to serve as a source or receiver of visible or invisible radiation, the holder (100) including a plug (10) and socket (11), with the socket (11) bearing the diodes (301 301′ 301″ 301′″) and formed so as to have an elongated longitudinally extending cavity therein and so as to include a plurality of longitudinally spaced mutually insulated first contact elements (41) disposed within the cavity, and with the plug (10) slidably registering with the cavity between advanced and retracted positions and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced, mutually insulated second contact elements (20 21 83) disposed along its length and which are in engagement with the first contact elements (41) only when the plug (10) is in its advanced position and rotated relative to the socket (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Paul J. Plishner
  • Patent number: 6764348
    Abstract: Disclosed relates a modular jack that can be manufactured simply with small size and reduce cross talk induced from the plug satisfactorily. The modular jack includes a housing for receiving a plug and an insert for electrically connecting to the plug. The insert includes first and second conductors of first to fourth signal pairs, the first and second conductors of the first, second and fourth signal pair [T1, R1], [T2 and R2] and [T4 and R4], adjacent to the first and second conductors of the third signal pair [T3 and R3], are intersected with each other in a multi-layered wiring structure to generate inductive cross talk having a reverse phase against cross talk that arises from the plug, thus canceling the cross talk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Dae Eun Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Roul Han, Sang Hyouk Lee
  • Patent number: 6764349
    Abstract: An electrical connector system suitable for use in a matrix assembly. The electrical connector assembly has two connectors, each assembled from wafers. Certain of the connectors include a combination of signal and power conductors while others have only signal conductors. In this way, the signal density is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B Provencher, Thomas S. Cohen, Philip T. Stokoe
  • Patent number: 6764350
    Abstract: Contacts (12) that are terminated to the front ends of wires (22) are rapidly mounted in a connector shell (20) while assuring reliable separation of the contacts. After each contact is terminated to the front end of a wire, the contact is laid in a slot (60) of an insulative retainer (50). The retainer is then inserted forwardly between top and bottom arms (70, 72) of the rear portion (64) of an insulative body, while the contacts project into passages (14) in the front portion of the body. The assembly of retainer and body is inserted into the shell (20) that has a cylindrical inner surface (110) that radially positions the retainer between the arms of the body. A crimp barrel (122) is moved forwardly into the shell to about the rear of the retainer, a braiding (34) of a cable that contains the wires is folded back around the crimp barrel, and the rear portion (120) of the shell is crimped around the braiding and crimp barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Lawrence Kosmala
  • Patent number: 6764351
    Abstract: An electrical connector that comprises a housing with a longitudinal axis that extends in the mating direction. Several terminal receiving cavities are arranged inside the housing and extend parallel to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the housing. An insertion chamber is defined by wall sections of the terminal receiving cavities and serves for inserting the secondary locking element from the mating side. The chamber is open toward the mating end of the housing, and with openings that are provided in the wall sections of the terminal receiving cavities define the insertion chamber and serve for receiving locking knobs of a secondary locking element inserted into the insertion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Campagnie Deutsch GmbH
    Inventors: Carlo Finzer, Peter Muninger
  • Patent number: 6764352
    Abstract: Properly inserted terminal fittings (40) are engaged and locked by locks (20) returned to their free states. A retainer (30) mounted into a housing (10) then enters deformation spaces (26) for the locks (20). The retainer (30) presses and deforms the locks (20) from their free states toward the terminal fittings (40). Thus, areas of engagement of the locks (20) and the terminal fittings (40) are increased. Additionally, the degree of the resilient deformation of the locks (20) in the inserting process of the terminal fittings (40) is low and resistance acting when the terminal fittings (40) are inserted is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 6764353
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector having a body portion. The body portion has a front end and a back end, and a first and a second ferrule. The second ferrule is secured to the front end of the body portion, and the first ferrule is connected to the back end of the body portion. The first ferrule is separated from the second ferrule by an angle of between approximately 150-180 degrees. A line passing through the axis of the first ferrule and second ferrule passes through the battery terminal post to which the terminal connector is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Royal Die & Stamping Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Freitag
  • Patent number: 6764354
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a parallelepiped-shaped block made of electrically conductive material. The block has conductor channels extending into the body from a first surface and set-screw channels extending into the block from a second surface, there being at least one set-screw channel associated with each conductor channel. Each set-screw channel intersects its associated conductor channel. Each conductor channel has a conductor receiving section and an adapter receiving section, the adapter receiving section located between the conductor receiving section and the associated set-screw channel. The connector has an elongated adapter for each conductor channel, the adapter generally sized and shaped to fit in the adapter receiving section in the conductor channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Kaine, Jean Langelier
  • Patent number: 6764355
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a conductive bridge strap for electrically connecting together a plurality of selected bus bars respectively arranged in chambers contained in a row in the upper portion of a housing formed of synthetic plastic insulating material. Horizontal fastening screws bias the bus bars into respective engagement with conductors inserted downwardly into the chambers via top openings contained in a lid or cover for the housing, and resilient contacts are carried by the bottom portions of the bus bars for engagement by wires inserted upwardly into the chambers via bottom openings contained in the bottom of the housing. In a preferred embodiment, spaced portions of the conductive bridge strap defined by a vertical slot in the leg of the U-shaped bridge member extend within the respective chambers and are permanently secured to the associated bus bars, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Jürgen Ude, Klaus Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 6764356
    Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting two lines comprises two clamping blocks for receiving and electrically connecting the lines. A receptacle is provided on the connection terminal into which a temperature limiter having at least two terminal legs is insertable and into which two connection elements project, each connection element being connected at its first end to one of the two clamping blocks and being contacted at its second end to an associated terminal leg of an inserted temperature limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Thermik Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Becher, Edwin Güttinger
  • Patent number: 6764357
    Abstract: A method of assembling an electrical connector (1) comprises the steps of: preparing a dielectric housing (2) defining a plurality of insertion slots therein; preparing a conductive contact strip (3a) comprising a plurality of contacts (3) and a carrier (3b) connecting with the contacts; preloading the contact strip into the housing; inserting a spacer (5) into the dielectric housing to position the contact strip, the spacer being inserted between an inner side surfaces (210) of the housing and mating portions (31) of the contacts; pulling the contact strip downwardly via a tool (4) gripping slots (35) defined in opposite sides of end portions (36) of the contacts; removing the spacer from the dielectric housing; severing the carrier and end portions of the contact strip; and bending mounting portions (34) of the contacts in an alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Dennis B. Jones
  • Patent number: 6764358
    Abstract: Amphibious vehicle (40, FIG. 7) comprises engine (2) with its crankshaft aligned with front and rear axis (X) of the vehicle; transmission (3); and differential (4) offset from the transmission. The differential has front and rear outputs (21, 16), whose axes are parallel to axis (X). These outputs drive at least one retractable front road wheel (42, FIG. 7) ahead of the front passenger seats, and corresponding retractable rear road wheel(s) (48, FIG. 7) behind the rear passenger seats. The marine drive power take off (PTO) may be taken from the engine timing end (7), as a sandwich PTO between engine and transmissions (28, FIG. 5), or from the transmission (38, FIG. 6). Front and rear differentials (22 and 17) may be provided. Decouplers may be provided in front and rear road wheel outputs, and in the marine drive (10). The engine may be mounted to the rear of the passenger seat(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Gibbs Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan Timothy Gibbs
  • Patent number: 6764359
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a vertical shaft lawnmower motor to provide an outboard motor for boat propulsion. The apparatus is comprised generally of a light weight drive housing adapted for a motor to be mounted on one end, and a drive shaft longitudinally disposed through said drive housing with a gear carrier and propeller mounted on the other end of the drive housing. The lower end of said drive housing having an oval gear seat for mounting the gear carrier, propeller shaft and propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Patrick F. McCafferty
  • Patent number: 6764360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a personal watercraft comprising: a water jet pump including an outlet port, the water jet pump pressurizing and accelerating sucked water and ejecting the water from the outlet port to propel the watercraft as a reaction of the ejecting water; a riding seat; a water-cooled engine placed in an engine room below the seat, for driving the water jet pump; a supply passage through which a cooling water is supplied from outside of the watercraft to the engine; and a filter provided in the supply passage for filtering substances in the cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tanaka, Toshio Araki, Yoshimoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6764361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a personal watercraft capable of obtaining a high horsepower in a high engine speed even when a four-cycle engine is mounted in the personal watercraft limited in length. The personal watercraft adapted to eject water from an outlet port to be propelled as the resulting reaction, comprises: a multi-cylinder four-cycle engine contained in an engine room and having even cylinders of four or more cylinders; a water jet pump being driven by the engine, for pressuring and accelerating the water; primary collecting exhaust passages, each of which is configured to collect two exhaust passages respectively connected to exhaust ports of two cylinders of the engine into one exhaust passage; and a secondary collecting exhaust passage configured to collect the primary collecting passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6764362
    Abstract: A swimming apparatus for improved propulsion includes fluked foot flippers constructed to include a stiff load-bearing frame member in the leading edge of the fluke. As the flipper is pumped by the swimmer, a web secured to the frame member is caused to cup the flowing water by arching its surface. The flipper has the general shape of a porpoise tail and provides foot pockets adapted for fitting a variety of foot shapes and configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Clarence Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6764363
    Abstract: An apparatus for the purpose of floatation and transportation on water comprises a pair of buoyant wing-shaped floats and foot wells in the floats designed to be under the center of buoyancy of each float. The apparatus may further comprise a tether attached to each float at the user's ankle height. Accessories may be attached to one or more floats. The invention further provides a number of propulsion mechanisms, one of which comprises a support structure, a buoyant flap articulated to the support member by an articulation having an axis of rotation that is both within 45 degrees of horizontal and substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, said flap being movable substantially in rotation about said axis, said rotation being in a semicylindrical space behind said axis, said space being away from said direction of travel. Additional novel features of the apparatus and propulsion mechanism are discussed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Wave Walk, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoav Rosen
  • Patent number: 6764364
    Abstract: A system for attaching fins to surfboards and other surf craft utilizing plugs embedded into openings in the body of the board, these plugs having slotted openings which receive tapered tabs protruding from the bottom surface of the fin. The tabs are removably secured by engagement springs enabling the fins to be removed for transport or upon damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Scott Noble Hickman, Michael Roy Hinman